argued in "Influence of Sea Power Upon History" that sea control leads to world dominance; led to imperialist sentiment

published the "big sister policy", which aimed to rally Latin American countries behind American leadership and open Latin American trade markets

Cleveland's secretary of state; claimed that Britain would violate the Monroe Doctrine if it claimed Venezuela

Spanish general in Cuba who herded many civilians into concentration camps

Spanish minister in Washington who wrote a letter in which he called President McKinley weak and bitter; played up by Hearst using yellow journalism

26th president; hero of the Spanish-American war; built the Panama Canal during his administration; carried the "big stick"

US naval officer who is remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish American War; led the American attack on the Philippines

led the Filipino push for independence

policy of moving Cubans to detention camps so they could not aid rebels

extreme patriotism, often favoring aggressive foreign policy

a policy in which a nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically

Pan-American Conference

an international organization that dealt with trade; organized by James G. Blaine to encourage trust and cooperation within the manufacturers

an American ship that blew up in a Havana port in 1898; after this incident war with Spain became imminent

proclaimed that the US would give Cubans freedom when it overthrew Spanish misrule

volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American war

1898; concluded the Spanish-American War; America got Guam, Puerto Rico, and paid $20 mil for the Philippines; Cuba was freed from Spain

Anti-Imperialist League

objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire

1900; Congress agreed to give Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government

1901; the Supreme Court declared that the Constitution did not extend to the Philippines and Puerto Rico

amendment to the Cuban Constitution that authorized US intervention in Cuba to protect its interests; Cuba pledged not to make treaties with other countries that might compromise its independence and it granted naval bases to the US

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APUSH Chapter 27

APUSH 2014/2015

Question	Answer
Alfred Thayer Mahan	argued in "Influence of Sea Power Upon History" that sea control leads to world dominance; led to imperialist sentiment
James G. Blaine	published the "big sister policy", which aimed to rally Latin American countries behind American leadership and open Latin American trade markets
Richard Olney	Cleveland's secretary of state; claimed that Britain would violate the Monroe Doctrine if it claimed Venezuela
Valeriano Weyler	Spanish general in Cuba who herded many civilians into concentration camps
Dupuy de Lomé	Spanish minister in Washington who wrote a letter in which he called President McKinley weak and bitter; played up by Hearst using yellow journalism
Theodore Roosevelt	26th president; hero of the Spanish-American war; built the Panama Canal during his administration; carried the "big stick"
George Dewey	US naval officer who is remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish American War; led the American attack on the Philippines
Emilio Aguinaldo	led the Filipino push for independence
reconcentration	policy of moving Cubans to detention camps so they could not aid rebels
jingoism	extreme patriotism, often favoring aggressive foreign policy
imperialism	a policy in which a nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically
Pan-American Conference	an international organization that dealt with trade; organized by James G. Blaine to encourage trust and cooperation within the manufacturers
Maine	an American ship that blew up in a Havana port in 1898; after this incident war with Spain became imminent
Teller Amendment	proclaimed that the US would give Cubans freedom when it overthrew Spanish misrule
Rough Riders	volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American war
Treaty of Paris	1898; concluded the Spanish-American War; America got Guam, Puerto Rico, and paid $20 mil for the Philippines; Cuba was freed from Spain
Anti-Imperialist League	objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire
Foraker Act	1900; Congress agreed to give Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government
insular cases	1901; the Supreme Court declared that the Constitution did not extend to the Philippines and Puerto Rico
Platt Amendment	amendment to the Cuban Constitution that authorized US intervention in Cuba to protect its interests; Cuba pledged not to make treaties with other countries that might compromise its independence and it granted naval bases to the US

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